A. Nicole Stover

Counsel

Overview

Nicole Stover focuses her practice on employment and insurance services.

Nicole regularly represents employers and acquiring companies with regard to employment transition matters in connection with a sale of business or other reorganization, including negotiation of severance compensation and benefits, development of transition strategy, human resources due diligence, and WARN Act requirements and implementation. Nicole also advises clients in connection with the development and implementation of human resources policies and procedures, with a concentration on the representation of management with regard to employment matters under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and related state and local laws. In addition to acting in an employment counseling capacity, she conducts internal investigations and litigates employment discrimination, non-competition and wage payment claims in proceedings before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

Nicole served as editor-in-chief of the Penn State Law Review, which was founded in 1897 and is one of the oldest continually published law school journals in the country. She is also a member of the Woolsack Honor Society.

Representative Matters

represented a federal government contractor in a wage payment dispute involving federal contracting regulations, which resulted in a successful resolution of all claims and avoided penalties and debarment proceedings

advised an international manufacturing company in connection with a U.S.-wide reorganization and reduction in force of approximately 4,000 employees

advised a publicly traded technology company regarding employment issues in connection with a $35 million acquisition

obtained judgment in favor of a former majority shareholder and president arising from breach of a consulting agreement entered into in connection with a sale of business

secured a complete defense verdict on ADA and FMLA claims following a federal court jury trial

served in an outside general counsel capacity for a public company with regard to human resources matters

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